Hey y'all -- whats the word on wearing cotton clothes, especially in the desert? I don't have any hiking pants and I was thinking about starting the trail in a pair of Levi's 501 jeans. I did most of the 100 mile wilderness in skinny jeans which worked decently well but I also never had to hike with them wet. If you've never seen Eric Ryback's book he's wearing blue jeans and big leather boots on the cover. This was the first guy to hike the PCT. So if I start May 15, am I gonna die if I have only blue jeans?